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Police said both attackers fled on foot after the stabbing, and after a search overnight involving many different police teams, officers apprehended the teenagers at around noon yesterday in a nearby field.

'We had been one step behind them most of the night,' Cedartown Police Department Assistant Police Chief Jamie Newsome told reporters. 'We were finally able to catch up to them.'

Each suspect is currently charged with one murder charge, but he added: 'There will probably be more charges.'

Crime scene: Elizabeth Hutcheson was found stabbed and bleeding in the porch of this house in Cedartown, Georgia where she had gone to deliver pizza

Ms Hutcheson lived in Cedartown with her fiance and her four-year-old daughter. Her fiance said she took the job at Domino's in order to support her daughter,Fox Newsreported.

Newsome said money was taken from Ms Hutcheson in the incident, but the amount was so little that he couldn’t see that as being the only motive.He also said it couldn’t yet be determined whether the killing was premeditated or not.

'It's been 15 to 18 years since we've had a something this violent,' he said.

Arrested: 18-year-old Cadedra Lynn Cook and a 15-year-old boy were tracked down by police yesterday, less than 24 hours after pizza delivery worker Elizabeth Hutcheson was found stabbed to death on the doorstep of Cook's house

Newsome said he could not confirm or deny that Ms Hutcheson knew Ms Cook or the youth, or whether the youth was the same boy involved in Ms Cook’s arrest in March.

Polk County Deputy Coroner Tony Brazier said Ms Hutcheson’s body had multiple stab wounds to the head, chest and torso, told another local paper, the Rome News Tribune.

He said it was 'one of the most senseless crimes' he had ever had to work on.

Ms Cook, who also lives in Cedartown, was charged with interference with child custody and contributing to the delinquency of a minor in that incident, according to jail records. She was released on bond on 20 March.

Records indicate that Ms Cook hasn’t gone to court on those charges.

Newsome said Ms Cook had not appeared to be violent in previous police interactions.